Simple channel geometry for enhancement of chemical reactions in microchannels

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 9413-9422

  Fu, B R ^a   Pan, Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL SHAPE; CHEMICAL SPECIES; DIFFUSIVE MIXING; DIVERGING MICROCHANNELS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MICRO CHANNEL REACTORS; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES; MIXING EXPERIMENTS; MIXING PROPERTY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77957604776     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100589c     Document Type: Article

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